Method and System for Balancing and Optimizing Primary Placement Group, and Device and Medium

ABSTRACT

Provided are a method and system for balancing and optimizing a primary placement group, and a device and a storage medium. The method includes: determining a theoretical average value; determining a weight corresponding to each object-based storage device based on an actual capacity occupied by the object-based storage device and the theoretical average value; determining the number of expected balanced primary placement groups based on the total number of current primary placement groups and the weight corresponding to the object-based storage device; obtaining a corresponding base value based on an address of each placement group and an address of the object-based storage device, and determining the placement group as a primary placement group in a case where the base value is less than a preset value; and repeating a previous operation until the number of the determined primary placement groups reaches the number of the expected balanced primary placement groups.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a National Stage Filing of PCT InternationalApplication No. PCT/CN2021/073795 filed on Jan. 26, 2021, which is basedupon and claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.202010445414.0, filed to the China National Intellectual PropertyAdministration on May 24, 2020 and entitled “Method and System forBalancing and Optimizing Primary Placement Group, and Device andMedium”, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference inits entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of distributed storage, andmore specifically, to a method and system for balancing and optimizing aprimary placement group, and a computer device and a computer-readablestorage medium.

BACKGROUND

In a distributed storage system, stored content is cut according to afixed size. This piece of data with the fixed size is called an object.A Placement Group (PG) is aggregation of a plurality of objects, and astorage pool is aggregation of a plurality of PGs. The PG and thestorage pool are both logical concepts. Each PG corresponds to one ormore Object-based Storage Devices (OSDs) based on a data distributionalgorithm. One PG may correspond to a plurality of OSDs. The OSD may besimply understood as a physical disk. One OSD may store thereon aplurality of PGs. In this way, the content to be stored is placed on thedisk. In order to guarantee consistency of data, a redundancy policy anddivision of PG roles are introduced. One PG that plays a leading role isselected as a start of data reading and writing, and this PG is referredto as a primary placement group (primary PG). Other PGs for redundantstorage are referred to as replica placement groups (replica PGs). Sucha group of PGs including the primary PG and the replica PGs iscollectively referred to as a redundant group. Data stored in respectivePGs in one redundant group are consistent. For a certain redundantgroup, if a write operation is to be performed in the redundant group,data is written in the primary PG first and then delivered to thereplica PGs in the redundant group; and if a read operation is to beperformed in the redundant group, the read operation will be directed toand executed on the primary PG. The identifier (ID, which is namely theaddress) of the PG and the ID (which is namely the address) of the OSDare uniquely determined values after a distributed cluster storage poolis created.

It can be concluded from the above that, in the distributed storagecluster, if the distribution of the primary PGs in respective redundantgroups on the OSDs is unbalanced, then the pressure on different OSDswould also be different, which affects the performance of the cluster.In the distributed cluster, a solid state disk may often be used as acache disk of a plurality of mechanical hard disks. The numbers of thecache disks, used by the mechanical disks, on respective solid statedisks are different. In the related art, the primary placement group isadjusted according to the weight of the mechanical disk, and the impactof the cache disk is not considered, which causes a certain waste ofcluster performance.

SUMMARY

In view of the above, embodiments of the present disclosure provide amethod and system for balancing and optimizing a primary placementgroup, and a computer device and a computer-readable storage medium. Bymeans of calculating a weight of each OSD, calculating the number ofexpected balanced primary PGs based on the weight of the OSD, obtaininga corresponding base value based on an address of each PG and an addressof the OSD, and comparing the base value with a preset value so as todetermine whether the PG is a primary PG, the performance of a systemmay be optimized.

An aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a methodfor balancing and optimizing a primary placement group. The methodincludes: determining a theoretical average value according to a totalcapacity of one or more cache disks and a total number of object-basedstorage devices; determining a weight corresponding to each object-basedstorage device in the object-based storage devices based on an actualcapacity occupied by the object-based storage device and the theoreticalaverage value; obtaining a total number of current primary placementgroups, and determining the number of expected balanced primaryplacement groups based on the total number of the current primaryplacement groups and the weight corresponding to the object-basedstorage device; reading an address of each placement group in aredundant group, obtaining a corresponding base value based on theaddress of the placement group and an address of the object-basedstorage device, and determining the placement group as a primaryplacement group in a case where the base value is less than a presetvalue; and repeating a previous operation until the number of thedetermined primary placement groups reaches the number of the expectedbalanced primary placement groups.

In some implementations, the operation of determining the weightcorresponding to each object-based storage device in the object-basedstorage devices based on the actual capacity occupied by theobject-based storage device and the theoretical average value includes:determining the actual capacity occupied by each object-based storagedevice based on a capacity of a single cache disk and the number ofcaches corresponding to the single cache disk.

In some implementations, the operation of determining the number ofexpected balanced primary placement groups based on the total number ofthe current primary placement groups and the weight corresponding to theobject-based storage device includes: dividing the total number of thecurrent primary placement groups by the total number of the object-basedstorage devices to determine an average; and multiplying the average bythe weight corresponding to the object-based storage device to obtainthe number of the expected balanced primary placement groups.

In some implementations, the operation of obtaining the correspondingbase value based on the address of the placement group and the addressof the object-based storage device includes: calculating a first valuefrom the address of the placement group and the address of theobject-based storage device by using a Hash algorithm, and obtaininghighest sixteen bits of the first value by applying a right shiftoperator on the first value.

Another aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides asystem for balancing and optimizing a primary placement group. Thesystem includes: a first calculation module, configured to determine atheoretical average value according to a total capacity of one or morecache disks and a total number of object-based storage devices; a secondcalculation module, configured to determine a weight corresponding toeach object-based storage device in the object-based storage devicesbased on an actual capacity occupied by the object-based storage deviceand the theoretical average value; a third calculation module,configured to obtain a total number of current primary placement groups,and determine the number of expected balanced primary placement groupsbased on the total number of the current primary placement groups andthe weight corresponding to the object-based storage device; a firstexecution module, configured to read an address of each placement groupin a redundant group, obtain a corresponding base value based on theaddress of the placement group and an address of the object-basedstorage device, and determine the placement group as a primary placementgroup in a case where the base value is less than a preset value; and asecond execution module, configured to repeat a previous operation untilthe number of the determined primary placement groups reaches the numberof the expected balanced primary placement groups.

In some implementations, the second calculation module is furtherconfigured to: determine the actual capacity occupied by eachobject-based storage device based on a capacity of a single cache diskand the number of caches corresponding to the single cache disk.

In some implementations, the third calculation module is furtherconfigured to: divide the total number of the current primary placementgroups by the total number of the object-based storage devices todetermine an average; and multiply the average by the weightcorresponding to the object-based storage device to obtain the number ofthe expected balanced primary placement groups.

In some implementations, the first execution module is furtherconfigured to: calculate a first value from the address of the placementgroup and the address of the object-based storage device by using a Hashalgorithm, and obtain highest sixteen bits of the first value byapplying a right shift operator on the first value.

Still another aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosureprovides a computer device, including: at least one processor and amemory storing a computer instruction executable on the at least oneprocessor. The computer instruction implements operations of the abovemethod when being executed by the at least one processor.

Yet another aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure providesa computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage mediumstores a computer program that implements operations of the above methodwhen being executed by at least one processor.

The technical solution of the present disclosure has the followingbeneficial technical effects. By means of calculating a weight of eachOSD, calculating the number of expected balanced primary PGs based onthe weight of the OSD, obtaining a corresponding base value based on anaddress of each PG and an address of the OSD, and comparing the basevalue with a preset value so as to determine whether the PG is a primaryPG, the performance of a system may be optimized.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure or technical solutions in the related art moreclearly, the drawings used in the technical description of theembodiments will be briefly described below. It is apparent that thedrawings in the following descriptions are merely for illustrating someembodiments of the present disclosure. Other embodiments can be obtainedfrom those having ordinary skill in the art according to these drawingswithout any creative work.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a method for balancing and optimizing aprimary placement group according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for balancing andoptimizing a primary placement group according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a computerdevice for balancing and optimizing a primary placement group accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a computer-readable storagemedium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

To make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of thepresent disclosure clearer, the present disclosure is further describedin detail with reference to exemplary embodiments and drawings.

It is to be noted that, all expressions using “first” and “second” inthe embodiments of the present disclosure are for the purpose ofdistinguishing two non-identical entities or non-identical parameterswith the same name. It can be concluded that “first” and “second” areonly for the convenience of expression, and should not be construed as alimitation to the embodiments of the present disclosure. Suchunderstanding applies for all embodiments and will not be repeated inthe subsequent embodiments.

A first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides anembodiment of a method for balancing and optimizing a primary placementgroup. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a method for balancing andoptimizing a primary placement group according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1 , the embodiment of the presentdisclosure includes the following operations.

At S1, a theoretical average value is determined according to a totalcapacity of one or more cache disks and a total number of OSDs.

At S2, a weight corresponding to each OSD in the OSDs is determinedbased on an actual capacity occupied by the OSD and the theoreticalaverage value.

At S3, a total number of current primary PGs is obtained, and the numberof expected balanced primary PGs is determined based on the total numberof the current primary PGs and the weight corresponding to the OSD.

At S4, an address of each PG in a redundant group is read, acorresponding base value is obtained based on the address of the PG andan address of the OSD, and the PG is determined as a primary PG in acase where the base value is less than a preset value.

At S5, the previous operation is repeated until the number of thedetermined primary PGs reaches the number of the expected balancedprimary PGs.

The theoretical average value is determined according to the totalcapacity of the cache disks and the total number of the OSDs. Firstly,the total capacity M of all cache disks is calculated; the total numberof the OSDs is N; and an average value can be determined by dividing thetotal capacity M by the number N of mechanical disks with caches, thatis, the theoretical average value avg of the cache capacity occupied byeach mechanical disk with caches. For example, assuming that there are 5cache disks in a distributed cluster, the total capacity M=7.5 T, thereare a total of 15 mechanical disks, and each mechanical disk correspondsto one cache, that is, N=15, n=15/5 =3, that is, each cache diskcorresponds to 3 caches. Assuming that the capacity of a certainmechanical disk is 1.5 T, the capacity of the cache disk occupied bythis mechanical disk is: 1.5 T/3=0.5 T, and the theoretical averagevalue avg=M/N=7.5 T/15=0.5 T.

The weight corresponding to each OSD is determined based on an actualcapacity occupied by the OSD and the theoretical average value. In someimplementations, the operation of determining the weight correspondingto the OSD based on the actual capacity occupied by the OSD and thetheoretical average value includes: determining the actual capacityoccupied by each OSD based on a capacity of a single cache disk and thenumber of caches corresponding to the single cache disk. In the aboveexample, a single cache disk corresponds to 3 caches, and the capacityof the single cache disk is 1.5 T, then the actual capacity occupied byeach OSD is 1.5 T/3=0.5 T, and the weight corresponding to the OSD isdetermined to be 0.5 T/0.5 T=1 based on the actual capacity 0.5 Toccupied by the OSD and the theoretical average value 0.5 T.

The total number of current primary PGs is obtained, and the number ofexpected balanced primary PGs is determined based on the total number ofthe current primary PGs and the weight corresponding to the OSD. In someimplementations, the operation of determining the number of the expectedbalanced primary PGs based on the total number of the current primaryPGs and the weight corresponding to the OSD includes: dividing the totalnumber of the current primary PGs by the total number of the OSDs todetermine an average; and multiplying the average by the weightcorresponding to the OSD to obtain the number of the expected balancedprimary PGs. For example, assuming that there are a total of 512 primaryPGs, an average of the primary PGs is: 512/15=34, and the number of theexpected balanced primary PGs is 34*1. In order to reduce errors, thenumber of the expected balanced primary PGs may be set to 34± a presetallowable error number.

The address of each PG in the redundant group is read, the correspondingbase value is obtained based on the address of the PG and the address ofthe OSD, and the PG is determined as the primary PG in a case where thebase value is less than the preset value. In some implementations, theoperation of obtaining the corresponding base value based on the addressof the PG and the address of the OSD includes: calculating a first valuefrom the address of the PG and the address of the OSD by using a Hashalgorithm, and obtaining highest sixteen bits of the first value byapplying a right shift operator on the first value. A predeterminedvalue is set by statistical testing through a trial and error method,and generally ranges from 0.5 to 1, excluding 1. The recommended valueof the predetermined value is 0.6, 0.7 or 0.8. A definite value isobtained by inputting the ID of the PG and the ID of the OSD into theHash algorithm. The obtained definite value is actually a 32-bit binarynumber, and the highest 16 bits of the definite value are obtained bymeans of the operation of a right shift operator. The preset value maybe obtained by multiplying the predetermined value by 65536. Whether thePG is used as the primary PG is determined by comparing the base valuewith the preset value. When the base value is less than the presetvalue, the current PG and the OSD corresponding to the PG are selectedas primary. The larger the predetermined value, the larger thepossibility that the base value is less than the preset value, and thelarger the probability that the current PG is selected as primary, so asto achieve a certain degree of randomness. The primary PG may berandomly selected to a certain extent by adjusting the predeterminedvalue.

The previous operation is repeated until the number of the determinedprimary PGs reaches the number of the expected balanced primary PGs.

It is to be noted that, respective operations in each embodiment of theabove method for balancing and optimizing the primary placement groupmay be swapped, replaced, added, or deleted, so that these rationalpermutation and/or combination transformations for the method forbalancing and optimizing a primary placement group should also belong tothe protection scope of the present disclosure, and the protection scopeof the present disclosure should not be limited to the embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 2 , a second aspect of the embodiments of the presentdisclosure provides a system 400 for balancing and optimizing a primaryplacement group. The system includes: a first calculation module 401,configured to determine a theoretical average value according to a totalcapacity of one or more cache disks and a total number of OSDs; a secondcalculation module 402, configured to determine a weight correspondingto each OSD in the OSDs based on an actual capacity occupied by the OSDand the theoretical average value; a third calculation module 403,configured to obtain a total number of current primary PGs, anddetermine the number of expected balanced primary PGs based on the totalnumber of the current primary PGs and the weight corresponding to theOSD; a first execution module 404, configured to read an address of eachPG in a redundant group, obtain a corresponding base value based on theaddress of the PG and an address of the OSD, and determine the PG as aprimary PG in a case where the base value is less than a preset value;and a second execution module 405, configured to repeat the previousoperation until the number of the determined primary PGs reaches thenumber of the expected balanced primary PGs.

In some implementations, the second calculation module 402 is furtherconfigured to determine the actual capacity occupied by each OSD basedon a capacity of a single cache disk and the number of cachescorresponding to the single cache disk.

In some implementations, the third calculation module 403 is furtherconfigured to: divide the total number of the current primary PGs by thetotal number of the OSDs to determine an average; and multiply theaverage by the weight corresponding to the OSD to obtain the number ofthe expected balanced primary PGs.

In some implementations, the first execution module 404 is furtherconfigured to: calculate a first value from the address of the PG andthe address of the OSD by using a Hash algorithm, and obtain highestsixteen bits of the first value by applying a right shift operator onthe first value.

A third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides acomputer device, including: at least one processor and a memory storinga computer instruction executable on the at least one processor. Thecomputer instruction is executed by the at least one processor toimplement the following operations. At S1, a theoretical average valueis determined according to a total capacity of one or more cache disksand a total number of OSDs. At S2, a weight corresponding to each OSD inthe OSDs is determined based on an actual capacity occupied by the OSDand the theoretical average value. At S3, a total number of currentprimary PGs is obtained, and the number of expected balanced primary PGsis determined based on the total number of the current primary PGs andthe weight corresponding to the OSD. At S4, an address of each PG in aredundant group is read, a corresponding base value is obtained based onthe address of the PG and an address of the OSD, and the PG isdetermined as a primary PG in a case where the base value is less than apreset value. At S5, the previous operation is repeated until the numberof the determined primary PGs reaches the number of the expectedbalanced primary PGs.

In some implementations, the operation of determining the weightcorresponding to the OSD based on the actual capacity occupied by theOSD and the theoretical average value includes: determining the actualcapacity occupied by each OSD based on a capacity of a single cache diskand the number of caches corresponding to the single cache disk.

In some implementations, the operation of determining the number of theexpected balanced primary PGs based on the total number of the currentprimary PGs and the weight corresponding to the OSD includes: dividingthe total number of the current primary PGs by the total number of theOSDs to determine an average; and multiplying the average by the weightcorresponding to the OSD to obtain the number of the expected balancedprimary PGs.

In some implementations, the operation of obtaining the correspondingbase value based on the address of the PG and the address of the OSDincludes: calculating a first value from the address of the PG and theaddress of the OSD by using a Hash algorithm, and obtaining highestsixteen bits of the first value by applying a right shift operator onthe first value.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a computerdevice for balancing and optimizing a primary placement group accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Taking the apparatus shown in FIG. 3 as an example, the apparatusincludes a processor 301 and a memory 302, and may further include aninput device 303 and an output device 304.

The processor 301, the memory 302, the input device 303 and the outputdevice 304 may be connected by a bus or in other manners. In FIG. 3 ,connection by the bus is used as an example.

The memory 302 is a non-volatile computer readable storage medium. Thememory may be configured to store a non-volatile software program, anon-volatile computer-executable program and a module, for example,program instructions/modules corresponding to the method for balancingand optimizing a primary placement group in the embodiments of thisapplication. The processor 301 executes various functional applicationsand data processing of a server by running the non-volatile softwareprograms, the instructions and the modules stored in the memory 302.That is to say, the processor implements the method for balancing andoptimizing a primary placement group in the above method embodiments.

The memory 302 may include a program storage area region and a datastorage area. The program storage area may store an operating system andan application program required for at least one function. The datastorage area may store data created according to use of the method forbalancing and optimizing a primary placement group. In addition, thememory 302 may include a high-speed random access memory, and mayfurther include a non-volatile memory, for example, at least one diskmemory devices, a flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid statememory devices. In some embodiments, the memory 302 may optionallyinclude memories remotely disposed relative to the processor 301. Theseremote memories may be connected to a local module by a network.Examples of the above network include, but are not limited to, theInternet, an intranet, a local area network, a mobile communicationnetwork, and a combination thereof.

The input device 303 may receive input information such as user namesand passwords. The output device 304 may include other display devicessuch as a display screen.

One or more program instructions/modules corresponding to the method forbalancing and optimizing a primary placement group are stored in thememory 302, and when being executed by the at least one processor 301,execute the method for balancing and optimizing a primary placementgroup in any of the above method embodiments.

Any one of the embodiments of the computer device for executing themethod for balancing and optimizing a primary placement group mayachieve the same or similar effects as any of the foregoingcorresponding method embodiments.

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer-readablestorage medium 601. As shown in FIG. 4 , the computer-readable storagemedium 601 stores a computer program 610 that implements the abovemethod when being executed by the at least one processor.

It is to be noted that, those having ordinary skill in the art mayunderstand that all or part of the processes in the above methodembodiments may be implemented by a computer program to instruct relatedhardware, and the program of the method for balancing and optimizing aprimary placement group may be stored in a computer-readable storagemedium. When the program is executed, the flow of each method embodimentas described above may be included. The storage medium of the programmay be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a Read Only Memory (ROM) or aRandom Access Memory (RAM), and the like. The embodiments of thecomputer program may achieve the same or similar effects as thecorresponding any of the foregoing method embodiments.

In addition, the methods disclosed according to the embodiments of thepresent disclosure may also be implemented as a computer programexecuted by at least one processor, and the computer program may bestored in a computer-readable storage medium. When the computer programis executed by the processor, the above functions defined in the methodsdisclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are executed.

In addition, the above method operations and system units may also beimplemented by a controller and a computer-readable storage medium forstoring a computer program that enables the controller to implement thefunctions of the above operations or units.

In addition, it is to be understood that, the computer-readable storagemedium (for example, a memory) herein may be a volatile memory or anon-volatile memory, or may include both volatile memory andnon-volatile memory. By way of example and not limitation, thenon-volatile memory may include an ROM, a Programmable ROM (PROM), anElectrically Programmable ROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable andProgrammable ROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory mayinclude an RAM, and the RAM may serve as an external cache memory. Byway of example and not limitation, RAM is available in many forms suchas Synchronous RAM (SRAM), Dynamic RAM (DRAM), Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM),Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), Enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), SynchronousLink DRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct Rambus RAM (DRRAM). The storage device ofthe disclosed aspects is intended to include, but not limited to, theseand other suitable types of memories.

Those having ordinary skill in the art will also appreciate that, thevarious exemplary logical blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithmoperations described in combination with the disclosure may beimplemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or a combinationof the electronic hardware and the computer software. To clearlydescribe such interchangeability of hardware and software, variousillustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and operations havebeen described generally in terms of their functionality. Whether suchfunctionality is implemented as software or hardware depends on thespecific application and design constraints imposed on the entiresystem. Those having ordinary skill in the art may implement thefunctions in various ways for each specific application, but suchimplementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing adeparture from the scope of the disclosed embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

The various exemplary logical blocks, modules, and circuits described incombination with the disclosure can be implemented or executed by usingthe following components designed to perform the functions herein: ageneral purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), anApplication Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field ProgrammableGate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate ortransistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination ofthese components. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor,but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor,controller, microcontroller, or state machine. The processor may also beimplemented as a combination of computing devices, for example, acombination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality ofmicroprocessors, one or more microprocessors in combination with a DSP,and/or any other such configuration.

The operations of the method or algorithm described in combination withthe disclosure may be included directly in hardware, in a softwaremodule executed by at least one processor, or in a combination of thehardware and the software module. The software module may reside in anRAM memory, a flash memory, an ROM memory, an EPROM memory, an EEPROMmemory, a register, a hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or anyother form of storage medium known in the art. An example storage mediumis coupled to a processor, such that the processor can read informationfrom, and write information to, the storage medium. In an alternativesolution, the storage medium may be integrated with the processor. Theprocessor and the storage medium may reside in an ASIC. The ASIC mayreside in a user terminal. In an alternative solution, the processor andthe storage medium may reside in the user terminal as discretecomponents.

In one or more exemplary designs, functions may be implemented inhardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If thefunctions are implemented in the software, the functions may be storedon the computer-readable storage medium as one or more instructions orcodes or be transferred by means of the computer-readable storagemedium. The computer-readable storage medium includes a computer storagemedium and a communication medium. The communication medium includes anymedia transmitting a computer program from one place to another place.The storage medium may be any available media that can be accessed by ageneral or special computer. By way of example and not limitation, thecomputer-readable storage medium may include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM orother optical disk storage devices, magnetic disk storage devices orother magnetic storage devices, or may be used to carry or store therequired program code in the form of instructions or data structures,and any other medium that can be accessed by a general or specialcomputer or a general or special processor. In addition, any connectionis properly called a computer-readable storage medium. For example, if acoaxial cable, a fiber optic cable, a twisted pair, a Digital SubscriberLine (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio andmicrowave are used to send software from a website, a server, or otherremote sources, the above coaxial cable, the fiber optic cable, thetwisted pair, the DSL or the wireless technologies such as infrared,radio and microwave are all included in the definition of the medium. Asused herein, the magnetic disk and the optical disk include CompactDisks (CDs), laser disks, optical disks, Digital Versatile Disks (DVDs),floppy disks, blu-ray disks, and the disks usually reproduce datamagnetically, while the optical disks reproduce data optically withlasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within thescope of the computer-readable storage medium.

The above are exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, but itshould be noted that, various changes and modifications may be madewithout departing from the scope disclosed in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure as defined in the claims. The functions, operationsand/or actions of the method claims in accordance with the disclosedembodiments described herein need not be performed in any particularorder. In addition, although elements disclosed in the embodiments ofthe present disclosure may be described or claimed in the singular form,unless explicitly limited to the singular form, the plural form may alsobe included.

It is to be understood that, as used herein, the singular form “a” isintended to include the plural form as well, unless the context clearlysupports an exception. It is also be understood that, “and/or” as usedherein is meant to include any and all possible combinations of one ormore of the associated listed items.

The serial numbers of the foregoing embodiments of the presentdisclosure are merely for description, and do not represent thesuperiority or inferiority of the embodiments.

Those of ordinary skill in the art may understand that, all or part ofthe operations in the above embodiments may be completed by means ofhardware, or may be completed by instructing the related hardwarethrough a program. The program may be stored in a computer-readablestorage medium, and the foregoing storage medium may be an ROM, amagnetic disk, or an optical disk.

Those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that, thediscussion of any of the above embodiments is merely exemplary, and isnot intended to imply that the scope (defined by the claims) disclosedin the embodiments of the present disclosure is limited to theseexamples. Under the idea of the embodiments of the present disclosure,the technical features in the above embodiments or different embodimentscan also be combined. In addition, there are many other changes indifferent aspects of the above embodiments of the present disclosure,which are not provided in detail for the sake of brevity. Therefore, anyomissions, modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements and thelike made within the spirit and principle of the embodiments of thepresent disclosure shall all fall within the protection scope of theembodiments of the present disclosure.

1. A method for balancing and optimizing a primary placement group,comprising: determining a theoretical average value according to a totalcapacity of one or more cache disks and a total number of object-basedstorage devices; determining a weight corresponding to each object-basedstorage device in the object-based storage devices based on an actualcapacity occupied by the object-based storage device and the theoreticalaverage value; obtaining a total number of current primary placementgroups, and determining the number of expected balanced primaryplacement groups based on the total number of the current primaryplacement groups and the weight corresponding to the object-basedstorage device; reading an address of each placement group in aredundant group, obtaining a corresponding base value based on theaddress of the placement group and an address of the object-basedstorage device, and determining the placement group as a primaryplacement group in a case where the base value is less than a presetvalue; and repeating a previous operation until the number of thedetermined primary placement groups reaches the number of the expectedbalanced primary placement groups.
 2. The method according to claim 1,wherein the determining a weight corresponding to each object-basedstorage device in the object-based storage devices based on an actualcapacity occupied by the object-based storage device and the theoreticalaverage value comprises: determining the actual capacity occupied byeach object-based storage device based on a capacity of a single cachedisk and the number of caches corresponding to the single cache disk. 3.The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining the number ofexpected balanced primary placement groups based on the total number ofthe current primary placement groups and the weight corresponding to theobject-based storage device comprises: dividing the total number of thecurrent primary placement groups by the total number of the object-basedstorage devices to determine an average; and multiplying the average bythe weight corresponding to the object-based storage device to obtainthe number of the expected balanced primary placement groups.
 4. Themethod according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining a corresponding basevalue based on the address of the placement group and an address of theobject-based storage device comprises: calculating a first value fromthe address of the placement group and the address of the object-basedstorage device by using a Hash algorithm, and obtaining highest sixteenbits of the first value as the corresponding base value.
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 9. A computer device,comprising: at least one processor; and a memory storing a computerinstruction executable on the at least one processor, wherein thecomputer instruction, when being executed by the at least one processor,implements operations of the method according to claim
 1. 10. Anon-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing a computerprogram, wherein when the computer program is executed by at least oneprocessor, operations of the method according to claim 1 areimplemented.
 11. The method according to claim 1, wherein thedetermining the number of expected balanced primary placement groupsbased on the total number of the current primary placement groups andthe weight corresponding to the object-based storage device comprises:dividing the total number of the current primary placement groups by thetotal number of the object-based storage devices to determine anaverage; and multiplying the average by the weight corresponding to theobject-based storage device to obtain a multiplying result, anddetermining the number of the expected balanced primary placement groupsas any value within a range defined by multiplying result ± a presetallowable error number.
 12. The method according to claim 1, wherein thedetermining a weight corresponding to each object-based storage devicein the object-based storage devices based on an actual capacity occupiedby the object-based storage device and the theoretical average valuecomprises: determining the weight corresponding to each object-basedstorage device in the object-based storage devices by dividing theactual capacity occupied by the object-based storage device by thetheoretical average value.
 13. The method according to claim 4, whereinthe obtaining highest sixteen bits of the first value comprises:obtaining the highest sixteen bits of the first value by applying aright shift operator on the first value.
 14. The method according toclaim 1, wherein the preset value is obtained by multiplying apredetermined value by
 65536. 15. The method according to claim 14,wherein the primary placement group is randomly determined by adjustingthe predetermined value.
 16. The system according to claim 5, whereinthe processor, when being configured to execute the instructions todetermine the weight corresponding to each object-based storage devicein the object-based storage devices based on the actual capacityoccupied by the object-based storage device and the theoretical averagevalue, is configured to execute the instructions to: divide the totalnumber of the current primary placement groups by the total number ofthe object-based storage devices to determine an average; and multiplythe average by the weight corresponding to the object-based storagedevice to obtain a multiplying result, and determine the number of theexpected balanced primary placement groups as any value within a rangedefined by multiplying result ± a preset allowable error number.
 17. Thesystem according to claim 1, wherein the processor, when beingconfigured to execute the instructions to determine the weightcorresponding to each object-based storage device in the object-basedstorage devices based on the actual capacity occupied by theobject-based storage device and the theoretical average value, isconfigured to execute the instructions to: determine the weightcorresponding to each object-based storage device in the object-basedstorage devices by dividing the actual capacity occupied by theobject-based storage device by the theoretical average value.
 18. Thesystem according to claim 4, wherein the processor, when beingconfigured to execute the instructions to obtain the highest sixteenbits of the first value, is configured to execute the instructions to:obtain the highest sixteen bits of the first value by applying a rightshift operator on the first value.
 19. The system according to claim 1,wherein the preset value is obtained by multiplying a predeterminedvalue by
 65536. 20. The system according to claim 14, wherein theprimary placement group is randomly determined by adjusting thepredetermined value.
 21. A computer device, comprising: at least oneprocessor; and a memory storing a computer instruction executable on theat least one processor, wherein the computer instruction, when beingexecuted by the at least one processor, implements operations of themethod according to claim
 2. 22. A computer device, comprising: at leastone processor; and a memory storing a computer instruction executable onthe at least one processor, wherein the computer instruction, when beingexecuted by the at least one processor, implements operations of themethod according to claim
 3. 23. A computer device, comprising: at leastone processor; and a memory storing a computer instruction executable onthe at least one processor, wherein the computer instruction, when beingexecuted by the at least one processor, implements operations of themethod according to claim
 4. 24. A computer device, comprising: at leastone processor; and a memory storing a computer instruction executable onthe at least one processor, wherein the computer instruction, when beingexecuted by the at least one processor, implements operations of themethod according to claim 14.